Handy Book of MeteorologyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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... height of barometers above the level of the sea , accur- ately ascertained , is a serious desideratum in not a few ... heights has occasion- ed viii PREFACE .
... height of barometers above the level of the sea , accur- ately ascertained , is a serious desideratum in not a few ... heights has occasion- ed viii PREFACE .
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... heights were known . When the place was isolated from other stations the annoyance was still greater . Thus , since the height of Santiago de Chile , usually given at 2600 feet , is evidently 500 or 600 feet too high , the observations ...
... heights were known . When the place was isolated from other stations the annoyance was still greater . Thus , since the height of Santiago de Chile , usually given at 2600 feet , is evidently 500 or 600 feet too high , the observations ...
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... height of clouds , on thunder , and on me- teors ; and the relations of magnetism and the aurora borealis , -are some of the important questions discussed in these remarkable essays , with an acuteness , a fulness , and a breadth of ...
... height of clouds , on thunder , and on me- teors ; and the relations of magnetism and the aurora borealis , -are some of the important questions discussed in these remarkable essays , with an acuteness , a fulness , and a breadth of ...
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... heights , the trade- winds , evaporation , and natural and artificial climates . While in all these departments he contributed largely to our know- ledge , his attention was most successfully turned to the inves- tigation of the ...
... heights , the trade- winds , evaporation , and natural and artificial climates . While in all these departments he contributed largely to our know- ledge , his attention was most successfully turned to the inves- tigation of the ...
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... height of a column of mercury supported by the pressure of the atmosphere . From this height the weight of the atmosphere is ascertained . The fundamental principle of the barometer cannot be better illustrated than by Torricelli's ...
... height of a column of mercury supported by the pressure of the atmosphere . From this height the weight of the atmosphere is ascertained . The fundamental principle of the barometer cannot be better illustrated than by Torricelli's ...
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